Contribution to the assessment of patient safety culture in Algerian healthcare settings: The ASCO project

Fourar, Youcef Oussama; Benhassine, Wissal; Boughaba, Assia; Djebabra, Mébarek

doi:10.1080/20479700.2020.1836736

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“…A next step is to formally assess the impact of the awards program on our culture of safety and quality using a psychometrically sound measurement tool, as recommended by TJC, 16 such as the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture. 17,18…”

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Development of a Safety Awards Program at a Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Merchant¹

2023

JCOM

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Objective: Promoting a culture of safety is a critical component of improving health care quality. Recognizing staff who stop the line for safety can positively impact the growth of a culture of safety. The purpose of this initiative was to demonstrate to staff the importance of speaking up for safety and being acknowledged for doing so.Methods: Following a review of the literature on safety awards programs and their role in promoting a culture of safety in health care covering the period 2017 to 2020, a formal process was developed and implemented to disseminate safety awards to employees.Results: During the initial 18 months of the initiative, a total of 59 awards were presented. The awards were well received by the recipients and other staff members. Within this period, adjustments were made to enhance the scope and reach of the program. Conclusion:Recognizing staff behaviors that support a culture of safety is important for improving health care quality and employee engagement. Future research should focus on a formal evaluation of the impact of safety awards programs on patient safety outcomes.

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Development of a Safety Awards Program at a Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Merchant¹

2023

JCOM

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“…As well as comparable to our study non-developed dimensions were “non-punitive response to error” (31.9%), “Staffing” (26%), and “Teamwork across hospital units” with respective score of (39.5%). The dimension of teamwork within units had the highest score (78.5%) ( 31 ). In indication that the concept of patient safety culture and the perceptions and attitudes toward the improvement of this culture is a new concept that need more attention to create a safety environment in the health care institution in developing countries with similar sitting and sanitary challenges such as Algeria and Morocco.…”

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Patient Safety Culture Perception among Moroccan Healthcare professionals: Cross-Sectional Study in Public Hospitals

Fassi¹,

Mourajid²,

Chahboune³

et al. 2023

Ethiop J Health Sci

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BACKGROUND: There is a growing recognition of the need to establish a culture that focuses on patient safety in order to reduce the number of adverse events associated with care and improve health-care quality in Morocco. The aim of this research is to analyze results of the perception of health professionals working in two university hospitals concerning the concept of patient safety culture in Morocco.METHODS: This study evaluated the healthcare professional’s perceptions of patient safety culture in two selected university hospitals centers in Morocco by using the validated French version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire (HSOPSC). A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 2021. We randomly selected 10 health units of each hospital, to include up to 10 health professionals from each unit, regardless of length of experience. This self-administered questionnaire was distributed to a population of 204 Moroccan healthcare professionals who consisted predominately of available physicians and nurses across ten different health units.RESULT: The overall grade of patient safety was deemed "good" for 52 % of the staff, "very good" for 17%, against "failing" for 2%. Out of the 10 dimensions explored. The “Teamwork within units’’ dimension had the highest score with 80%. The dimensions with the lowest positive response rates were “Staffing (23%)”, “non-punitive response to error” (31%) and “Teamwork across units’ (47%). Seven dimensions were considered underdeveloped and three were undeveloped.Conclusion: This work provides a better understanding of healthcare professional perception towards patient safety.

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“…Algerian National Health System) and not on an organizational level. This initiative can be governed by a federative project such as the Algerian national observatory of PSC that will engage all HEs in a promotion strategy of PSC and consolidate their efforts (Fourar et al , 2020). In this regard, it is important to recall that this initiative resembles to a successful strategy adopted by the Algerian Ministry of Environment in the early 2010s to promote the protection of natural ecosystems from industrial nuisances.…”

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Contribution of PCA/K-means methods to the mixed assessment of patient safety culture

Fourar

Djebabra

Benhassine

et al. 2021

IJHG

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PurposeThe assessment of patient safety culture (PSC) is a major priority for healthcare providers. It is often realized using quantitative approaches (questionnaires) separately from qualitative ones (patient safety culture maturity model (PSCMM)). These approaches suffer from certain major limits. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to overcome these limits and to propose a novel approach to PSC assessment.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed approach consists of evaluating PSC in a set of healthcare establishments (HEs) using the HSOPSC questionnaire. After that, principal component analysis (PCA) and K-means algorithm were applied on PSC dimensional scores in order to aggregate them into macro dimensions. The latter were used to overcome the limits of PSC dimensional assessment and to propose a quantitative PSCMM.FindingsPSC dimensions are grouped into three macro dimensions. Their capitalization permits their association with safety actors related to PSC promotion. Consequently, a quantitative PSC maturity matrix was proposed. Problematic PSC dimensions for the studied HEs are “Non-punitive response to error”, “Staffing”, “Communication openness”. Their PSC maturity level was found underdeveloped due to a managerial style that favors a “blame culture”.Originality/valueA combined quali-quantitative assessment framework for PSC was proposed in the present study as recommended by a number of researchers but, to the best of our knowledge, few or no studies were devoted to it. The results can be projected for improvement and accreditation purposes, where different PSC stakeholders can be implicated as suggested by international standards.

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Contribution to the assessment of patient safety culture in Algerian healthcare settings: The ASCO project

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

Development of a Safety Awards Program at a Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Development of a Safety Awards Program at a Veterans Affairs Health Care System: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Patient Safety Culture Perception among Moroccan Healthcare professionals: Cross-Sectional Study in Public Hospitals

Contribution of PCA/K-means methods to the mixed assessment of patient safety culture

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